This weekend started with a somber note with the passing of Dame Maggie Smith last Friday, who died at the age of 89. It's disheartening that I'm doing another tribute post after we lost the great James Earl Jones earlier this month, but I simply had to do a tribute to one of my favorite …
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FlixChatter Review: MEGALOPOLIS (2024) – Chaotic, bloated with garish visuals, but there’s no denying Coppola’s grand yet earnest ambition
Much has been made about Francis Ford Coppola’s Megalopolis, a passion project of the 85-year-old auteur that’s envisioned since the 80s. The IMAX presentation was preceded by a Q&A hosted by the New York Film Festival with Coppola, Robert De Niro, and Spike Lee, and the director touched upon how he was able to finance …
FlixChatter Review: LEE (2024) – Kate Winslet is fierce as the model-turned-wartime photographer Lee Miller
In a sea of biopics, LEE is one I’ve been looking forward to this year. I’m mildly familiar with the subject matter, Lee Miller, an American fashion model turned war photographer whose photos became one of the most significant contributions to WWII archives. Kate Winslet’s passion project, which she co-produced and even partly funded herself, …
FlixChatter Review: A DIFFERENT MAN (2024) – Adam Pearson & Sebastian Stan are tremendous in this surreal + darkly funny genre-bending film
The whole "twin films" phenomenon in Hollywood is happening again right now with The Substance and A Different Man. Released around the same time by different studios, both films share similar stories and themes around identity and the unyielding quest for beauty. I don’t have the stomach for gore, so I asked my friend and …
FlixChatter Review: THE SUBSTANCE (2024) – a stylish and entertaining body horror if you can stomach the gore
Directed by Coralie Fargeat Starring: Demi Moore, Margaret Qualley, Dennis Quaid The Substance is a body-horror-psychological thriller and French Director Coralie Fargeat’s sophomore feature film after 2017’s Revenge. It tells of aging celebrity-turned-fitness-host Elisabeth Sparkle (Demi Moore) who is fired from her show by a venomous executive (Dennis Quaid) as she is no longer able …
RIP James Earl Jones (1931-2024)—what an iconic voice, but he was so much more than just a voice actor
We lost a great Hollywood yesterday… James Earl Jones has passed away at the age of 93 in his home in Dutchess County, New York. He's indeed lived a long life but it was still a punch in the gut when I heard about his passing on NPR while I was driving… I was astonished …
FlixChatter Review: TWISTERS (2024)–It doesn’t take my breath away but it’s still worth the chase for fans of action-packed disaster movies
It’s been ages since I saw the 1996 movie, but I still remember the visceral thrill boosted by the great performances of its leads Bill Paxton and Helen Hunt, plus a memorable supporting role by the great Phillip Seymour Hoffman. It’s not a stellar movie by any stretch of the imagination, but Jan de Bont’s …
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